Denise Sohandev Wellness

Denise Sohandev Wellness Somatic Coach for Midlife Women
Regulate stress. Reclaim yourself. I am a believer in the innate healing powers of the body.

As a practitioner of Gabor Matè’s Compassionate Inquiry technique and an NLP Master Coach, I help clients unearth the root cause of their behaviours. I use these 2 modalities along with over 20 years of therapeutic yoga and breathwork experience to create an individualised healing experience for my clients. Having worked intimately with the body since 2007 I am passionate about guiding people to u

nderstand the complexities of the mind-body connection. One of my passions is to take the somewhat esoteric teachings of ancient yogic philosophy and practice, and present them in a way that is easily accessible to a contemporary lifestyle, using the ancient wisdom to create a full, rich and meaningful life in the 21st century. It is my belief that each client can be empowered to navigate the flow of life with grace and ease. I am a wife, mother and eternal student, taking the path less traveled on this journey of life.

20/05/2026

Midlife sleep struggles are incredibly common, but they’re not something you just have to “put up with.”

Your body and brain are changing, and understanding what’s happening can make a huge difference.

Comment SLEEP and I’ll send you my free Sleep Reset Guide.

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11/05/2026

Perimenopause didn’t make you irrational.
It made you honest.

The rage. The restlessness. The bone-deep feeling that something has to change.

That’s not a breakdown. That’s your hormones holding up a mirror to everything you’ve been tolerating.
But here’s where it gets dangerous.

Without the right tools, women do one of two things.
They blow up their lives, making reactive decisions from a nervous system that’s on fire.

Or they push it all down, sink deeper into dissatisfaction, and tell themselves this is just midlife.

Neither is the answer.
Think of menopause like spring cleaning.

It pulls everything out of the cupboard. All at once. And yes, it looks like chaos before it looks like clarity.

But that’s when the real work begins.
What to throw out. What to keep. What needs altering. And a whole lot of rearranging.

That process, done with intention, is not a crisis.
It’s the most important invitation of your life.

This is exactly what Self Mastery is built for. Not to manage your symptoms. To help you read them.

DM and let’s chat

Mother’s Day is a strange day for me, one of celebration and commiseration.Motherhood didn’t come easily… infertility, m...
10/05/2026

Mother’s Day is a strange day for me, one of celebration and commiseration.

Motherhood didn’t come easily… infertility, miscarriages and heartbreak eventually led to adoption. So this day is always filled with both gratitude and grief.

I don’t share much about this journey because motherhood is never a story of one person. There is always an “other”, and the “other” isn’t my story to tell.

But what I can share is what mothering my son taught me:

Humility
No matter how much I try, I will fail sometimes. Those failures are wrapped in love and good intention, never malice, but they still hurt him and they hurt me.

Grace
I learnt to forgive myself for the mother I thought I’d be, for the ways I couldn’t help him and the way I wanted to.

Me
Somewhere in the chaos, fear and uncertainty, I found myself again. I learnt kindness toward myself. I remembered who I was.

Love
A love that is consuming, terrifying, beautiful and unlike anything I’d known before.

Shadows
Motherhood revealed the parts of myself I’d spent years hiding. And I learnt that those shadows were the portals, the metaphorical cracks that let the light in.

Mothering was a portal for me.

I surrendered.
I clung.
I failed.
I succeeded.
I laughed.
I cried.
I created a life I love.

Motherhood was the making of me and even on the hard days, I’m grateful I get to experience it.

I was the woman who had it all together.On the outside.Inside? Perimenopause had me questioning everything I thought I w...
08/05/2026

I was the woman who had it all together.

On the outside.
Inside? Perimenopause had me questioning everything I thought I was. And I had no language for it, no map, and nobody around me who understood.

What I needed wasn’t more information.
I needed someone to sit with me, inside the mess, and help me find my way back to myself.

Those sessions helped me see the wood for the proverbial trees.

If you’re in the thick of it… the sleepless nights, the rage, the grief for the woman you used to be, the exhaustion of performing when your body is begging you to stop, then this is for you.

1:1 Coaching with me is not a programme.
It’s a partnership. Built entirely around you, your nervous system, your patterns, and the life you’re ready to step into.

We work with somatic practices, breathwork, NLP, and Compassionate Inquiry to get underneath the surface. Where the real shift happens.

This isn’t about fixing you.
You were never broken.
This is about coming home.

If you’re ready, send me a DM and let’s chat.

07/05/2026

Are you running on autopilot?
Does it feel like you’re broken?

What if you’re just finally awake enough to notice how much of their life was built on old programming and belief systems.

The reactions. The patterns. The roles you keep playing long after you stopped choosing them.
What if that’s awareness. And awareness is exactly where change begins, it’s the gift of midlife.

Self-Mastery is my 6-week coaching programme for the woman who is done drifting and ready to start choosing.

We work at the level where it actually matters: the nervous system, the beliefs running underneath, the identity that got built for someone else’s life.
Not another course. Not more information. A real rewiring.

Six weeks. Individual programme. Real results.
If something in this reel made you stop scrolling, that pause is worth listening to.

06/05/2026

Ready to take back control of your life without the drama? There's a way to make a change that's more evolution than explosion.

Let’s chat about how you can regain agency of YOUR life.

05/05/2026

In the stillness of the holy waters, I felt a sense of timelessness. The weight of tradition and the energy of the collective were palpable. It was as if the very air was charged with the karma of those who'd come before. And in that moment, something shifted. I felt a sense of connection, of belonging, and of transformation.

Hari hari Ganga!

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Hari Hari Ganga!Those were the words a kind gentlemen shouted to us as he generously took our photo after our swim in th...
03/05/2026

Hari Hari Ganga!
Those were the words a kind gentlemen shouted to us as he generously took our photo after our swim in the Ganges.

It’s taken a while to post this reflection from Rishikesh because it’s hard to process and articulate what happened there.

The water here is crisp, clear, holy.

Our hotel opened right onto the water and on arrival, in the afternoon we offered ourselves to her. Simply and honestly. She was cool, calm and welcoming.

The next morning we gathered in the steps of the ghats as the sun rose.
We breathed together.
With sanctity we offered our karma to her.
Submerging, sinking into the cool water.
With intention.

There’s no way of truly describing what happened but we were aged 31-79 and we all felt it.

Rishikesh is special.
In a subtle and undefined way.
We feel the loosening of the ties that bind us to who we think we are… who we think we should be.

The water flows and we almost instinctively know that everything is as it’s meant to be.

We yoga’d with traditional Indian yoga teachers, we laughed, connected and wandered the streets.

Eventually we made our way higher up the mountain.

Retreating into stillness, breathing, and rounding out the experience.

Rishikesh is the ending but in every ending is a new beginning.

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29/04/2026

Relationships in midlife are hard.
But 3 weeks in India reminded me how worthwhile it is to pursue, with intention, that vital human connection.

Often without words, simple facial expressions and hand gestures could create meaning and connection.

It’s something I will definitely bring back into daily life with me.

27/04/2026

Varanasi, the oldest living city in the world.
The portal to liberation.
This holy river is a living monument.
A place of healing.

Spending time here reminds one of the sanctity of this life, the magic and the mystery.

From early morning boat rides, blessings at the golden temple, walking the narrow streets to crazy ferris wheel rides and evening aarti….

Varanasi reminds you to live while you’re still alive.

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